RADAR - the disability network

• RADAR Briefing - Malcolm v. Lewisham
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  10/12/2008 - RADAR Briefing on Government Proposals on Indirect Discrimination following the House of Lords decision Malcolm versus Lewisham

• RADAR Doing the Duty Conference
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  22/12/2008 Notice of a conference on the Disability Equality Duty

• Disabled people win 'right to control' - 10/12/2008
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  RADAR responds to the announcement by Secretary of State James Purnell that disabled people will be given the right to control their own support services

• Radar Response to Welfare Reform Green Paper - October 2008
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• Leadership Development Days - 06/08/2008
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• RADAR gives cautious welcome to Welfare Green Paper
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  21/07/2008

• RADAR cautiously welcomes Single Equality Bill
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  16/06/2008

• RADAR response to Law Commission Social Care review
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  10.06.08

• People of the Year 2008 Nominations now open!
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  04.06.08

• RADAR and UK Sports Association joint press release on London 2012
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  19.05.08

• RADAR responds to the PM's new review of Social Care (12/05/2008)
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• Unacceptable: 12 sexual assaults, 7 years, No action
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  16.4.08: RADAR responds to the revelation that no prosecutions will be brought in the case of a Scottish woman with learning disabilities who was sexually assaulted and raped as many as 12 times over

• Budget 2008
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  RADAR responds to the Chancellor's 2008 Budget report

• RADAR welcomes European Court of Justice landmark ruling
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  Liz Sayce welcomes the decision by the ECJ that the rights enjoyed by disabled people should also apply to people facing discrimination because they are ‘associated with’ a disabled person

• RADAR open letter to Nick Clegg MP
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  11.2.08 Liz Sayce, Chief Executive of RADAR, has sent an open letter to the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg MP, asking him to distance himself and his party from the views expressed by Lib

• RADAR responds to the Government's Criminal Justice Bill
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  6.11.07 RADAR: Criminal Justice Bill offers unmissable opportunity to ensure equal access to justice

• RADAR responds to the Government's Education and Skills Bill
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  6.11.07 RADAR: Government will only reach Education and Skills targets if the needs of disabled people are considered

• RADAR responds to the Government's Health and Social Care Bill
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  6.11.07 RADAR says Independent Living must be a priority in the Health and Social Care Bill

• RADAR makes recommendations for the Government’s Housing Bills
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  6.11.07 RADAR says Government’s Housing Bills must not fail disabled people

• RADAR responds to the Queen's Speech
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  6.11.07 RADAR calls for the Government to consider the needs of disabled people in every piece of legislation that they commit to introducing in today’s Queen’s speech.

• RADAR responds to the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review
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  9.10.07 RADAR welcomes the Government's commitment to Independent Living for disabled people but fears that cuts in adult social care are set to continue with only a 1% budget rise.

• RADAR calls for action to end the prejudice that drives gang violence
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  Discussing the recent cases of violence against disabled people RADAR sets out a 3 point plan to eradicate prejudice because of difference

• DWP Green Paper: In Work, Better Off
  
  
  18 July 07 RADAR says DWP proposals will miss the 80% employment target and disabled people's aspirations

• Single Assessment Bill
  
  
  20 June 07 RADAR welcomes Jeremy Hunt MP's bill to simplify benefit application forms

• Independent Living Rally June 18th!
  
  
  14 June 07 The Our Lives Our Choices campaign for Independent Living will be launched on June 18th, with a rally outside Downing Street and a Parliamentary reception

• Single Equality Green Paper
  
  
  13 June 07 RADAR says green paper is a missed opportunity and the single equality proposals must go further

• Life sentence is necessary for an equal world
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  24 May 2007 - RADAR response to life-sentencing of man who murdered his depressed wife

• Independent Living
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  25 April 2007 RADAR welcomes the passage of the Independent Living Bill through the House of Lords

• Equalities Review
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  RADAR responds to the final report of the Equalities Review

• New RADAR CEO - 20th Nov
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  RADAR announces appointment of new CEO

• Radical and Realistic?
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  RADAR's initial reaction to the Welfare Reform Bill

• BMA Votes Against Assisted Dying
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  The BMA Conference in Belfast votes against assisted dying 65% to 35%

• Launch of MPs' Guide on Disability
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  13 Mar 2006 - RADAR launches a vital tool for helping MPs to engage with their disabled constituentss

• IB Claims Process
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  2 Mar 2006 - RADAR endorses a report by the Citizens' Advice Bureau highlighting problems with the current benefits claims system

• Chip and PIN
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  2 Feb 2006 - RADAR signs up to Chip and PIN

• Welfare Reform Green Paper
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  24 Jan 2005 - RADAR responds to the Welfare Reform Green Paper

• Dignity in Dying
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  23 Jan 2006 - RADAR responds to the Voluntary Euthanasia Society's change of name

• Dying Well
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  10 Jan 2006 - RADAR welcomes the establishment of the Dying Well Parliamentarians Group

• Air Travel Rights
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  16 Dec 2005 - RADAR welcomes new European directives on air travel for disabled passengers

• Mercy Killings
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  13 Dec 2005 - RADAR raises concerns about 'mercy killings'

• RADAR People of the Year
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  6 Dec 2005 - Winners of the RADAR People of the Year Human Rights Awards Announced

• Incapacity Benefit Myths
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  11 Nov 2005 - RADAR refutes 8 Key Myths of Incapacity Benefit

• Assisted Dying Bill
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  9 Nov 2005 - RADAR raises concerns on assisted dying legislation

• DWP Secretary of State
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  2 Nov 2005 - RADAR urges Hutton to pick up where Blunkett left off with Benefits Reform

• Days Out Guide
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  21 Oct 2005 - RADAR launches its Days Out Guide for Disabled People

• Ryanair
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  20 Oct 2005 - RADAR refutes Ryanair's claims that it endorses the airline's disability policy

• RADAR's Conference
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  10 Oct 2005 - Round-Up of RADAR's National Conference on Assisted Dying and the Improving Life Chances report

• Blunkett's Principles
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  10 Oct 2005 - Blunkett outlines the Government's 8 Principles of Welfare Reform

• RADAR's Principles
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  6 Oct 2005 - RADAR outlines key principles of welfare reform

• Disability Issues Office
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  16 Sep 2005 - RADAR calls for more detail about the Office for Disability Issues

• TUC on IB Reform
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  12 Sep 2005 - RADAR supports TUC's comments on IB reform

• Party Conferences
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  12 Sep 2005 - RADAR looks ahead to the political party conference season

• RADAR Network
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  1 Sep 2005 - RADAR launches online discussion site

• Cameron's SEN Committee
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  25 Aug 2005 - RADAR urges David Cameron's Committee on Special Educational Needs to support inclusive education

• Fertility and Embryology
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  16 Aug 2005 - RADAR urges sensitivity in Government responses to the development of new reproductive technologies